| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED By: WATTS, ROSCOE 1299 (17-21716) (AR17-22624) did knowingly, actually and intentionally touch or strike K-9 DEPUTY HRYC (0701) , a LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, against the will of that person while knowing that the said OFFICER was engaged in a lawful performance of HIS legal duties, in violation of Florida Statute 784.07(2)(C). DID OPERATE A VEHICLE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND, HAVING KNOWLEDGE THAT HE HAD BEEN DIRECTED TO STOP SUCH VEHICLE BY A DULY AUTHORIZED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, DID WILLFULLY REFUSE OR FAIL TO STOP SUCH VEHICLE IN COMPLIANCE WITH SUCH DIRECTIVE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 316.1935(2). DID OPERATE A MOTOR VEHICLE ON THE ROADWAYS OR HIGHWAYS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA WITH WILLFUL AND WANTON DISREGARD FOR THE SAFETY OF PERSONS OR PROPERTY; TO WIT: RUNNING NUMEROUS TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AND TRAVELING INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC CAUSING OTHER TRAVELERS TO YIELD TO AVOID GETTING INTO AN ACCIDENT, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUE 316.192(1)(A) did unlawfully and knowingly obtain, use or endeavor to obtain or use the property of, MS JANICE PORTER, to-wit: A 2000 BLUE IN COLOR FORD CROWN VICTORIA BEARING FLORIDA LICENSE PLATE 4605VI, by exercising control over said property with the intent to either temporarily or permanently deprive MS PORTER of a right to the property or a benefit thereof, or did appropriate the property to THE DEFENDANT, own use or the use of any person not entitled thereto, and knew or should have known that said property was stolen, in violation of Florida Statute 812.014(2)(c)(6). DID DRIVE OR WAS IN ACTUAL PHYSICAL CONTROL OF A VEHICLE AT A TIME WHEN HIS BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL WAS .08 PER CENT OR ABOVE AND BY REASON OF SUCH OPERATION OF A VEHICLE CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE PROPERTY OF ANOTHER, TO WIT: THE DEFENDANT WHO WAS THE AT FAULT DRIVER DID CRASH HIS VEHICLE INTO ANOTHER CAUSING PERSONAL INJURY TO VICTIM, MS ILKA GUTIERREZ, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 316.193(3)(A)(B)(C)(1). DID DRIVE OR WAS IN ACTUAL PHYSICAL CONTROL OF A VEHICLE AT A TIME WHEN HIS BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL WAS .08 PER CENT OR ABOVE AND BY REASON OF SUCH OPERATION OF A VEHICLE CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE PROPERTY OF ANOTHER, TO WIT: THE DEFENDANT WHO WAS THE AT FAULT DRIVER DID CRASH HIS VEHICLE INTO ANOTHER CAUSING PERSONAL INJURY TO VICTIM, MS CHRISTINA CROSTHWAITE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 316.193(3)(A)(B)(C)(1). DID DRIVE OR WAS IN ACTUAL PHYSICAL CONTROL OF A VEHICLE AT A TIME WHEN HIS BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL WAS .08 PER CENT OR ABOVE AND BY REASON OF SUCH OPERATION OF A VEHICLE CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE PROPERTY OF ANOTHER, TO WIT: THE DEFENDANT WHO WAS THE AT FAULT DRIVER DID CRASH HIS VEHICLE INTO ANOTHER CAUSING DAMAGE TO VICTIM MS JANICE PORTERâS VEHICLE, WHICH HE HAD STOLEN, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 316.193(3)(A)(B)(C)(1). DID DRIVE OR WAS IN ACTUAL PHYSICAL CONTROL OF A VEHICLE AT A TIME WHEN HIS BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL WAS .08 PER CENT OR ABOVE AND BY REASON OF SUCH OPERATION OF A VEHICLE CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE PROPERTY OF ANOTHER, TO WIT: THE DEFENDANT WHO WAS THE AT FAULT DRIVER DID CRASH HIS VEHICLE INTO ANOTHER CAUSING DAMAGE TO VICTIM ENTERPRISE RENT A CARâS VEHICLE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 316.193(3)(A)(B)(C)(1). DID DRIVE OR WAS IN ACTUAL PHYSICAL CONTROL OF A VEHICLE WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE, MODEL GLUE OR ANY SUBSTANCE CONTROLLED UNDER CHAPTER 893 OR CHAPTER 877.111 TO THE EXTENT HIS NORMAL FACULTIES WERE IMPAIRED, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 316.193(1)(A). AT 1705 HOURS, WHILE TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE, I DID WITNESS A BLUE FORD CROWN VICTORIA TO BE TRAVELING EAST ON NORTH INDEPENDENCE HIGHWAY. I WITNESSED THE SAID VEHICLE RUN THE TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE AT THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH INDEPENDENCE HIGHWAY AND NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE, ALMOST CAUSING A COLLISION. THE SAID VEHICLE THEN BEGAN TRAVELING SOUTH ON NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE, IN THE DITCH TO THE WEST OF THE SOUTHBOUND LANE, FOR APPROXIMATELY 50 YARDS. THEN THE SAID VEHICLE ATTEMPTED TO ENTER THE PAVED ROADWAY AND AT TIME, HE OVERCORRECTED AND BEGAN TRAVELING SOUTH IN THE NORTHBOUND LANE ON NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE, ALMOST COLLIDING HEAD-ON WITH A DARK COLORED FOUR-DOOR SEDAN. THE FOUR DOOR SEDAN DID SWERVE IN ORDER TO AVOID COLLIDING WITH THE SUSPECTâS VEHICLE. THE SUSPECTâS VEHICLE DID CONTINUE TO TRAVEL SOUTH ON NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE, IN THE MEDIAN, CAUSING ON-COMING TRAFFIC TO MERGE IN ORDER TO AVOID BEING STRUCK. I DID FOLLOW THE SUSPECTâS VEHICLE, THAT CONTINUED TO DRIVE RECKLESSLY. EVENTUALLY SAID VEHICLE, DID BEGIN TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE, AT WHICH TIME I BECAME CONCERNED FOR THE SAFETY OF OTHER DRIVERS OCCUPYING THE ROADWAY. I THEN ACTIVATED MY OVERHEAD EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT AND SIREN, WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET BEHIND THE SUSPECTâS VEHICLE, IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET THE SUSPECTâS VEHICLE TO STOP, WHICH YIELDED NEGATIVE RESULTS. THE SUSPECTâS VEHICLE THEN ACCELERATED REACHING SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MILES PER HOUR, WHILE TRAVELING IN BOTH THE NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND LANES. THE PURSUIT WAS EVENTUALLY CANCELED BY SUPERVISOR/DETECTIVE STRICKLAND (0583). DEPUTY BANG (1187), WHO HAD BEEN IN POSITION TO DEPLOY TIRE DEFLATION DEVICES AT THE INTERSECTION OF INDEPENDENCE HIGHWAY AND NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE, DID CONFIRM FLORIDA LICENSE PLATE OF 4605VI. DISPATCH IMMEDIATELY ADVISED THAT SAID VEHICLE HAD BEEN STOLEN OUT OF WILDWOOD, FLORIDA AND WAS A 2000 FORD CROWN VICTORIA, BLUE IN COLOR. MYSELF AND DEPUTY BANG, WHO HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED TO CANCEL THE PURSUIT, DID FOLLOW THE SUSPECTâS VEHICLE AT A SAFE SPEED AND AN UN-NOTICEABLE DISTANCE NORTHBOUND ON NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE. WE DID WITNESS THE SUSPECTâS VEHICLE CONTINUING TO DRIVE RECKLESSLY. THE SUSPECT VEHICLE DID STOP IN THE NORTHBOUND LANE TO THE WEST OF THE CHURCH OF NAZARENE, LOCATED AT 2101 NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE. OTHER PATROL UNITS DID ATTEMPT TO âBOXâ THE SUSPECT VEHICLE IN AS I APPROACHED THE SUSPECTâS VEHICLE TO THE EAST, I NOTICED THAT THE DEFENDANT, MR PATRICK VASI, JR., WAS ASLEEP. I THEN WITNESSED K-9 DEPUTY HRYC (0701) PULL HIS PATROL VEHICLE UP AND PARK IN FRONT OF THE SUSPECTâS VEHICLE AND EXIT HIS PATROL VEHICLE. AS I EXITED MY PATROL VEHICLE, I BEGAN TO GIVE LOUD, VERBAL COMMANDS FOR THE DEFENDANT TO EXIT HIS VEHICLE, THE DEFENDANT THEN BEGAN TO TRAVEL TOWARDS K-9 DEPUTY HRYC CAUSING HIM TO QUICKLY ENTER INTO HIS PATROL VEHICLE IN ORDER TO AVOID BEING STRUCK. AS A RESULT OF THE FELONY CHARGE OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON ON A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, THE PURSUIT WAS RE-INITIATED. THE PURSUIT DID CONTINUE NORTHBOUND ON NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE AND THEN WEST ON WEST NORVELL BRYANT HIGHWAY. THE DEFENDANT DID CONTINUE TO DRIVE RECKLESSLY AND AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, RUNNING SEVERAL TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AND ULTIMATELY CAUSING A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT, WITH INJURIES TO TWO VICTIMS, INVOLVING TWO OTHER VEHICLES, AT THE INTERSECTION OF WEST NORVELL BRYANT HIGHWAY AND NORTH FOREST RIDGE BOULEVARD. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN SECURED BY MYSELF AND DEPUTY BANG. IT WAS APPARENT THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN ILLEGAL SUBSTANCE, THIS WAS EVIDENT DUE TO HIS BLOODSHOT EYES, PIN POINT PUPILS AND ERRATIC BEHAVIOR. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN SEARCHED FOR CONTRABAND, WHICH YIELDED NEGATIVE RESULTS. AFTER BEING SECURED, THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN READ HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS, IN REFERENCE TO THE CRIMINAL CHARGES, WHICH HE STATED THAT HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS AND STATED THAT HE DID NOT WISH TO SPEAK WITH ME. I THEN BEGAN INVESTIGATING THE POSSIBILITY OF THE DEFENDANT BEING IMPAIRED. AT WHICH TIME, THE DEFENDANT WAS UNCOOPERATIVE IN ATTEMPTING TO PERFORM ANY FIELD SOBRIETY TASKS. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ANY SUBSTANCE, TO WHICH HE ADVISED HE WAS AN AVID HEROIN USER AND HAD RECENTLY USED. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN HANDCUFFED, DOUBLE-LOCKED, BEHIND THE BACK AND TRANSPORTED TO CITRUS MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM IN REFERENCE TO A MEDICAL EVALUATION. ONCE MEDICALLY CLEARED, THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT ON A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, WITH A BOND OF $5,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE, ONE COUNT OF FLEEING/ELUDING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, WITH A BOND OF $5,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE, ONE COUNT OF RECKLESS DRIVING WITH A BOND OF $500.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE, ONE COUNT OF AUTO THEFT WITH A BOND OF $5,000.00, FOUR COUNTS OF DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE WITH DAMAGE TO PROPERTY OF PERSON OF ANOTHER, WITH A BOND OF $500.00 FOR EACH CHARGE, BEING A BOND AMOUNT OF $2,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE AND ONE COUNT OF DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE WITH A BOND OF $1,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE DEFENDANTâS TOTAL BOND AMOUNT WAS SET AT $18,500.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
